ABC Cancels ‘Samantha Who?’

The comedy was expected to be renewed for a third season–but can now be added to the victim list of the economy crisis.

The network wanted to slash the show’s budget by as much as $500,000, according to Variety, but when it was determined that wasn’t feasible with the show’s single-camera format, they slashed the show altogether.

One of the funnier sitcoms on ABC (is ‘According to Jim’ still alive?), ‘Samantha’ was considered a hit when it debuted, but the show began to struggle when it was moved to Thursdays in ‘Ugly Betty’s‘ time slot.